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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
Henry Watterson, the great Journ-

Henry Watterson, the great JOurn-
alist, viewing the parades IN New
York on Labor Day, exclaimed
So, rise from my seat and stand
at this, window, and look out ON the
scene-a great and stirring scene
enough to fill the heart Of an honest
man with rage and bis eyes with
tears-for there here is assembled
the representation of most that is
good and all that is pitiable in this
wonderful city-and, with thoughts
only of those that are weary and
heavy laden, / say e s.
81 am with you, heart and soul,
lads; but you are all soff.' You are
going aboutit, -more's the pity lin
the wrong way; though-still more's
the shame and scandal !--you are not
much, if any, to blame. All this will
come to naught. 1t may drag down,
but it can not build up. You are
playing directly into the hands OF
those that have enslaved you, OF
those that use you to abuse you. ]
shall not question the motives of Mr..
George or DR.. MeGlynn. They are,
doubt not, sincerely misled BY
dreams, which they mistake for doc
trines. They are both brave and
brainy men; but they are carried
away by their hearts, losing their
heads the while! Go on, however,
boys. Don't think | am trying to
restrain or detain you. 60 on, and,
after 1t is over and you see for your.
selves what is here foretold, let us
talk the matter over"
"This is merely the beginning oil
it. Rome was not built in a day,
Meanwhile-thOugh you salute not
mel take off my hat to you and to
the suffering humanity, the honor.
able toll and the genuine manhood
which you embody. /, at least, am
nowise afraid of you, and, instead OIL
dreading your appearance in public
affairs as an influence and pressure,
l think that, if by some miracle you
should come into control of the Gov
eminent, all things and all men
would be as safe as they now are
But no miracle can now, or ever, as
you are proceeding and progressing,
bring you into the control of the Gov
eminent. Not until all those who
| believe in a Government of the PEG
pie, by the people and for the people
can be brought to unite-not as
classes, but as citizens-upon some
clear cut national policy and some
coherent national organization, shall
we see the end of the powerful and
corrupt reign of a few over the many
which creates the unequal condi
tons and terrible contrasts in life, Of
which you, and /, and all who serve
God and love their fellowmen, sc
loudly and so justly complain"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
Treatment of a " stye."

There Is row of small glands, which
discharge an oily material for lubricating
purposes along the edge of each. eyelid.
Whenever the outlet of one of these
glands becomes closed, Inflammation be-
gins and a ''stye" is the result. These
are troublesome, sometimes painful.
When "stye" begins to form, shown
by swelling and redness of point on the
edge Of the lid, applications Of cloths
wrung out of water as hot as can be
borne often rapidly stop the progress Of
the inflammation, probably by freeing
the outlet Of the gland. When matter
forms, shown by the appearance of a
yellow point, 1t should be opened at once.
Sometimes small cyst or sac, filed with
fluid, forms In the substance of the carti-
lage Of one of the lids. There may bo
more than one, forming little hard
nodules, which are unsightly. Whenever
Inflammation occurs in them matter
(pus) is formed, and there is much pain.
Whenever they form they should be cut
into and their contents removed. The
sac that lines the cyst should DO taken
away at the same time, to prevent re-
newal Of the trouble by its reflling.-
Globe Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
National runaa In Ernnca.

Gen. Boulanger has supplied the bands
Of the French army with complete
collection Of the national music Of all
countries. When the emperor Of Brazil
visited Paris some years ago considerable
difficulty was experienced in hunting up
the national anthem of Brazil, and it
IL to guard against similar trouble that
the great war minister has armed the
buglers with the material In question.
The list, Of course, is long. 1t includes
the war song Of the Japanese, the "Ode
to Kosciusco." the favorite song of the
Poles, and the march Of Rakocsy,"
which has 30 often reused the enthu-
siasm Of Hungarian poets and patriots.
HAL Columbia" Ia there, too. SO is
"God Save the Queen" which is said to
be q French air, originally composed in
honor Of Louis XIV, and in time stolen,
captured or borrowed by Handel, who
presented it to George l of England.
And, by the way, 1t is a sort Of semi
official tune In this country, too, and ID
called ssAmerica. New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
FARMERS AND TAXATION.
/" A prince is never so magnificent
AS when he is sparing to enrich a

/" A prince is never so magnificent
AS when he is sparing to enrich a
few
With the injuries of many"
-(Massenger."
That government is the best
which, after securing to man his
life and liberty, takes the least OF
his property to sustain the State.
1t was for beggarly pittanee that
our fore-fathers rebelled in 1916.
They could have paid the tax with
out great inconvenience, but they
denied the justice of the levy, and
the result was the rebellion that
Washington headed. Nobody de.
MED the legal right Of England to
tax the colonies, but the policy re-
suited in the severest blow eyer
strnek at Great Britain. If Burke's
plan had prevailed at tue beginning
Of the Revolutionary War, what
now is known as the United States
would be, as the thirteen colonies
were in 1853, the most loyal Of her
Majesty's dominions, and In all
probability, the capital ofthe British
Empire, to day, would be located on
the Potomac Instead of the Thames,
and the Anglo. Saxon would indeed
be the master OF the world, both
land and sea. N
1t is admitted by every Statesman
and politician in the land that our
Government is taking from the PEG.
pie more than is required to conduct
the lublic busines. There is now 10
the Treasury hundreds OF millions of
dollars for which the Government
has no use and cannot use. II the
State OF Kentucky were blotted from
existence this moment, there is
enough money lying idle in the
Treasury to buy another such State
at the valuation the Assessors OF
Kentucky place upon all the proper.
ty in the state, real, personal and
mixed. This money is taken out of
channels of trade, and for the good
it is doing the people iI might as
well be buried in the bowels Of the
earth. And the flow into the
Treasury still continues, piliDg up
the surplus at the rate Of ten nil.
lions every month.
OF course, this thing must stop.
Ii continued for another year, bank
ruptcy must prevail among the PEG.
pie, aud ruin overtake us in the
midst of plenty. e
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
INVENTIONS.

The bayonet is said to have de-
rived its name from the fact that it
was first made at Bayonne, and its
origin illustrates the proyerb, " Ne
cessity is the mother of invention"
A Basque regiment was hard press
ed by the enemy on the mountain
ridge near Bayonne. One Of the
soldiers suggested that, as their am-
munition was exhausted, they should
fix their long knives into the barrels
Of their muskets. The suggestion
was acted upon. The first bayonet
charge was made, and the victory of
the Basques led to the manufacture
of the weapon at Bayonne and it's
adoption into the armies of Europe.
Not unfrequently an invention has
been suggested by some trivial event,
which would have passed unnoticed
had not man with eyes and brains
seen it.
Argand, poor swiss, invented a
lamp with wick fitted into a hollow
cylinder, up which current of air
was allowed to pass, thus giving a
supply of oxygen to the interior as
well as to the exterior oftbe circular
flame. At first Argand used the
lamp without a glass chimney. One
day he was busy in his workroom,
and sitting before his burning lamp.
His little brother was amusing him.
self By placing bottomless oil flask
over different articles. Suddenly he
placed it upon the fame of the lamp,
which instantly shot up the long, cir.
cular neck ofthe flask with increased
briiliancy. 1t did more; for it flash.
ed into Argand's mind the idea of
the lamp chimney, by which his in.
yention was perfected.
One day the children of a Dutch
spectacle-maker were playing with
several oftheir father's glasses before
the door of his shop. Sitting two of
the largest glasses together, they
peeped through them and were sur
prised to see the weather-cock of the
opposite church brought close to
their eyes. They called their father
to see the strange sight. He looked
through the glasses, and what he saw
suggested to him the possibility OF
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24

/. In its judgment it is eur true
policy to renOmiBate Auditor Duffy
and Attorney General Caldwell, De.
cause they have shown themselves
competent and faithful. a<
Ii. We do not know enough about
the conduct of the Superintendent
OF Schools to express any opinion
one way or the other.
III. Oar information is that his
illhealth makes it inexpedient to
renominate the Treasury. Our adj.
vice would be to nominate Senator
Rufus Switzer Of Putnam he Is
competent and is q true man: it was
be who, when pressed 60 the wall
said, II cannot do an act which con.
science tells me is contrary to the
interests Of the people.n When
be said this, Switzer spoke from his
heart. aud the Salvati0n Of our par
ty depends on our placing such men
before rs.-W. Va. Democrat
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
Devoutly to Be wished.

II firmly believe that way of Kidding
the lungs Of the tubercular bacilli of con-
sumption will yet be discovered, -" said a
well known medical man recently. THAT
there Is an agency through which this
may be accomplished have not the least
doubt. How or when this will be discoy-
cred no one knows, but many minds arc
actively yet secretly at work on the sub
jest. Ny impression, however, is that it
win be an accident that will reveal the
method to successfully combat and over
come the consumption seed. Nine-tenths
Of the human race have inert, If not
active, consumption, and when success
full counteractant is discovered l predict
that the average Life Of man will be In
creased Is per cent. - Chicago Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24

There Is a certain class o. remedies for con-
stipation absolutely useless. These are boluses
and potions made In great part of podophyllin,
aloes, rhubarb, gamboge, and other worthless
Ingredients. The damage they do to the stom-
aches Of those who use them is incalculable.
They evacuate the bowels, 1t is true, but always
do SO violently and profusely, and besides,
grippe the bowels. Their effect Is to weaken
both them and the stomach. Better far to use
the agreeable and salutary aperient, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, the laxative effect Of
which Is never preceded by pain, or accom-
panied by convulsive, violent action OF the
bowels. On the contrary. 1t invigorates those
As means OF curing and preventing maIarial
fevers. no medicine can compare with 1t, and
1t remedies nervous debility. rheumatism, kid
ney and bladder inactivity, and other morgan
ic ailments,
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EUea.ytEsiasg

is a big word in store keeping, to keep
everything men, women and children
wear Except ladies' hats) of the finer,
medium and common grades, means
something big. If the readers will walk
down one aisle and up the other in the
Updegraf stores, a distance of four hum
dred and forty feet, looking at the piles
of goods on each side, and read the black
boards, telling what they are and the
prices at which they are sold, they will
naturally conclude that here is the place
to find everything and anything that
people wear at the lowest prices, and
that the advice given don't you buy
until you examine them is worthy Of
their time and attention.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24

A distinguished American now in
recently said to Tribune
correspondent that long before the
French succeeded in piercing the
Isthmus of Panama, we shall put a
railroad along the Pacific shores to
Behring strait, and with three hours
ferriage, carry Pullman car from
New York to st. Petersburg. The
Russians will build the Siberian rail.
way to the Straits before we are
there, and will stimulate US in the
task" Thatwould be the monumental
achievement of this progressive age
"a through ticket by rail from New
York to the metropolis of Russia.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
constructing q curious toy.

constructing curious toy.
Calico, hearing Of thei.toy which
made distant things appear close at
hand, saw at once what a valuable
help it would be in studying the
heavens. He set ut work, aud soon
made the telescope.
An accident, that is, the happen,
ing of something that was not plan
ned, has often helped to aninyention.
1t helped Senefield to invent htho-
graphy. He was a sort ofJack. of,al-
trades-a writer OF verses and come
dies, an actor. fiddler. a painter,
an engraver, and a printer. He
worked at etching on copper, but the
coppersmith refused to let him have
any more plates unless he paid
cash for them. he then tried to
utilize the old plates by rubbing OFF
the etching with soft limestone.
At last the copper became useless
through many rubbings, and he-tried
etching on the stone, plan that did
not work very well. One day, while
be was polishing off stone which
he intended to etch, his mother ask.
ed him to right out list ofthe Hnen
which the washer.woman was wait.
ing to carry off. Not finding a slip
of paper or a drop of ink, he wrote
the list on the stone, with printing
ink prepared from wax, soap and
lamp, black, intending to copy it at
leisure.
A few days later he was about to
wipe the writing from the stone.
Suddenly he Thought he would learn
what would be the effects of writing
with the prepared ink on the stone,
if it should be bitten in with aqua.
FORTS. he bit away to about the
hundredth part of an inch, charged
the lines with the ink took several
impressions of the writing, and dis
covered that he bad invented the art
of lithographing.-Youtk's Compam-
ION. ..
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24

3 ''Died Of Bright's disease has become
q familiar phrase IN obituary notices. 1t
has become 30 much more common that
the general impression is that the disease
Is more prevalent than in former periods.
The statistics Of the New York bureau Of
vital statistics seem to verify this i'm
preston. In 1871 Bright's disease was
seventh in order Of fatality. In 1885 it
was fifth In 1871 the total deaths were
26,S7o; OF Bright's disease, 1000. In
1885 It supplied 2,094 out Of total of
1882; cases Of this disease increased in
fourteen years 100 per cent, while the
totai number Of deaths increased only %
per cent. - Brooklyn Eagle.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24


Five persons were drowned in
Lake Geneva by a collision between
their boat and the steamer Leman.
Mrs. Cleveland, 1T is said, declined
to shake hands with Governor and
Mrs.. Foraker when she received
with her husband in Philadelphia.
Two passenger trains colIided on
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad, and the two engineers
and one fireman were instantly kill
ed.
The record of that San Francisco
man, Dresbach. who failed with ST.
5O0, 900 liabilities and s27S.46 cash
assets, is enough. to make Napoleon
Ives wish that he had never lived.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24

Very few people can afford to part
with their money for anything less than
its full value. Until you have thorough
ly Investigated the sources of supply and
know where to get the most for your
money, it is not wise to let it slip out Of
your pockets into other peoples pockets.
Many people part with their money with
out proper care or thought. but " don't
you do it."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24

Speaking of clothing and materials TO
make them, for men, women and child
rem, we assert that the immense stores of
the Messrs. Updegraffs, at Hagerstown,
are not surpassed by any stores in the
State for quantity, variety, latest styles
and low prices, and when you have
money to spend for articles Of wear,
don't let it slip through your hands until
you have visited this store and carefully
noted the quality, styles and prices. A
dollar saved is dollar made, and the
easiest way in this world to make dol
lar is to save it. Some people act other.
wise, but if you value money don't
you do it," .5....
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
Custom and L0aU

Compels people to wear clothing and it
takes money to get clothing. With the
present low prices for farm products and
labor, it is just as much ones duty to
buy where they can get tho most and
best for their money, as it is to labor or
till the soil, in order to get money with
which to supply their wants. Some
people are foolish enough to think and
act otherwise, but don't you do it."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24


Another great clock has been added to
the neurological wonders of the world-a
piece Of mechanism that will vie with the
elaborate marvel of Strasburg cathedral,
and put the professional curiosity Of
Berne Tower into the shade. The latest
effort of the renowned Christian Martin,
Of Villingen, in the Black Forest, is said,
in its way, to surpass anything og the
kind yet attempted. It is three and one
half metres high, two and three-quarters
broad, and shows the seconds, minutes,
quarter hours, hours, days, weeks,
months, the four seasons, the years and
leap years until the last sound of the year
90, 900 Of the Christian era.
Moreover, it tells on its face the cor
rect time for various ATTITUDES, together
with the phases Of the moon and a variety
Of useful Information generally confined
to the pages Of an almanac.
It also contains vast number of work
ing figures representing the life of man,
the creed Of Christendom and the ancient
Pagan and Teutonic mythologies. Sixty
separaty and individualized statuettes
strike the sixty minutes. Death is rep
resented as In Holbein's famous dance, in
the form of skeleton. In another part
appear the twelve apostles, the seven
ages Of man, modelled after the descrip-
ton Of Shakespeare, the four seasons, the
twelve signs of the Zodiac, and so on.
During the night time Waterman sal
lies forth and blows the hour upon the
hor-. while at sunrise chanticleer APP
pears and crows Justify. The cuckoo
also calls, but only once year-on the
first day in spring. Besides these figures
there Is a whole series of movable figures
In enamel, exhibiting in succession the
seven days of creation and the fourteen
stations of the cross, At certain hour
a little sacristan rings a bell in the spire
and kneels down and folds his hands as
IL In prayer; and, above all, the musical
works are said to have sweet and de-
icious, futelike tone.-St. James
GaHaffa
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
&c DON'T Y0ag DO H.

No matter If the Undegraffs store is
out of the way. No matter II it costs
you days travel and some expense TO
reach it. we predict that the information
gained in thoroughly examining the
goods and prices in this store will amply
repay your expenses and time, to say
nothing of the money saved in making
your purchases. We repeat, when you
are ready to buy anything or everything
people wear, fine, medium or common
quality, don't you do it until you have
carefully examined the goods and prices
in the Updegraff stores at Hagerstown,
Md.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
A GREAT DISCOVERY!
HoLDsTEIN,s ARoMANNAi

The only sure cure for Dyspepsia, and
all Kidney, Liver, Blood, and Sksn Dis
eases. Is warranted not only to relieve
but to cure the worst cases Of Dyspepsia,
and is panacea for all diseases arising
from disordered condition Of the Liver
or Stomach. such as Indigestion, Bilious
ness, Sick Headache, Distress after eat
ing, weakness of Kidney or Bladders,
call at A. d. GILBERTS
Drug store and get bottle. Price %
and rs. Also, all kinds of Drugs, Pat
emit Medicines, and Toilet and Fancy ar
ticles, and everything kept in first
class drug store. janS8
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POETRY.
HER0ISM.


Not on the battlefield, deem,
Are deeds the most heroic done
Not where the sword and bayonet CLEAN
Are victories the grandest won.
Not in the plague infested town,
Where stay the few the sick to save,
And for their lives their own lay down,
Shalt thou behold the worlds most
brave
In acts Of great self sacrifice,
or which all men with wonder hear,
A secret inspiration lies
That stirs the soul and conquers fear.
To do the duty few shall know,
And knowing, scorn what God re-
quires.
The'menial duty far below,
The task to which the heart aspires.
To do such service, out of love,
Unmoyed by either praise or blame.
And with steadfast soul above
The reach of either pride of shame,
Displays courage that alone }sl
In one such act doth far outshine
All other earth had ever known,
A courage Christlike and divine.
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Not to be- Blamed.

Father Taylor one Sunday afternoon
was officiating at an infant baptism, and
the church was filed with a large au-
dience as usual. The baby was restless
during the services, and when Father
Taylor took her in his arms she cried as
only infants can cry. But this didn't in
the least disturb the old minister, for,
raising the child In his arms where all
the people could see her, he said: Don't
blame the child for crying, but. thank the
Lord that she has such good lungs. -
Concord On. Fl. Monitor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24
Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price 25c. per
box. For sale by E. c. Williams & Bro
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24

FITS: AllFits stopped frseb DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after 6rst
days use. Marvellous cures. TreatiHe
and $500 trial bottle free to Fit cases.
Send to DIR. Kline, 931 Arch st. Phila. Pa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-24

WNIl can live at home, and make more
EttI money at work for us. than at any
Hill thing else in this world. Capital not
wv needed; you are started free. Both
sexes; all ages. Any one can do the work.
Large earnings sure from first start. Costly
outfit and terms free. Better not delay. Costs
you nothing to send us your address and ind
out; II You are wise you will do so at once
II. HALLETT & Co., Portland, Maine.
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DR.. ELMAR C. FAHRNEY.

SPECIALIST IN Chronic DISEASES
All correspondence strictly confidential
and attended to promptly. Address -
1914 West Washington Street,
HAGERSTOWN, MD. 81